History Of Santa Claus' Reindeers: Rudolph May Be Most Popular, But What About Dancer, Prancer, Comet, Vixen? History Of Santa Claus' Reindeers: Rudolph May Be Most Popular, But What About Dancer, Prancer, Comet, Vixen? Close [[nid:1519660]] Rudolph may be the most known of Santa’s helpers, but he is not the only reindeer who helps Santa bring gifts to little boys and girls around the world. In fact, Rudolph was actually created after the other reindeers already became popular in Christmas folklore. In 1939, he came to life after 34-year-old copywriter Robert L. May created him for a booklet for shoppers of the Montgomery Ward stores. By 1946, 6 million booklets about Rudolph and his red nose were distributed. Rudolph's story became a popular children’s tale, due to his overcoming adversity for having a red nose and being teased by other reindeers. His nose ended up being one of his greatest assets, though, when he came to Santa’s rescue on Christmas Eve.

His red nose was used as a lantern so Santa could make it to every home and ensure all children had their gifts Christmas morning. Rudolph learned to respect of the other reindeers while taking charge and leading them during the terrible winter weather. However, eight reindeers were created before Rudolph. Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner and Blitzen are the commonly cited names of the other reindeers, and those reindeers are based on the reindeers named in the famous 1823 poem “‘Twas The Night Before Christmas,” attributed to Clement C. Moore. The names of Donder and Blitzen derive from Germanic words for thunder and lightning, respectively. Before Rudolph was included, Dasher was the first reindeer and the right-hand leader of the sleigh. Details about the reindeers: Dasher is the fastest reindeer and is always the winner at the reindeer games. Dancer Dancer is Santa's prettiest reindeer, but she does not know it. Dancer spends most of her time looking at her reflection in the frozen pond. Prancer Prancer is always aiming to please and is very strong.

Vixen Vixen loves playing tricks, even on Santa Claus himself! Vixen is also very funny and makes the others laugh a lot. Comet Comet is a very serious reindeer and likes peace and quiet. On his nights off, Comet enjoys looking at the stars. Cupid Cupid is very shy, and the mother of Donder and Blitzen. Donder Donner or Dunder : snopes.com Claim: Two of Santa's reindeer were originally named 'Dunder' and 'Blixem,' not 'Donner' and 'Blitzen.' Status: True. Origins: Can you recite the names of Santa's eight reindeer? If so, you probably do it by recalling the first few lines of the 1949 song "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer": You know Dasher and Dancer, and Prancer and Vixen; and Donner and Blitzen . . . The source that added eight individually-named reindeer to the then-nascent Santa Claus legend was the poem "A Visit from Saint Nicholas" (now more commonly known as "The Night Before Christmas"), first published in 1823.

A portion of the poem read as follows: The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow Gave the lustre of midday to objects below; When, what to my wondering eyes should appear, But a miniature sleigh, and eight tiny reindeer. With a little old driver, so lively and quick, I knew in a moment it must be Saint Nick. More rapid than eagles his coursers they came, And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name. "Now Dasher! now, Dancer! now, Prancer and Vixen! On, Comet! on, Cupid! on Dunder and Blixem! To the top of the porch! to the top of the wall! Now, dash away! dash away! dash away all! Who are those last two reindeer? 'Dunder and Blixem'? Aren't they supposed to be 'Donner and Blitzen'?

The story of how two reindeer named 'Dunder' and 'Blixem' became 'Donner' and 'Blitzen' is a complicated and confusing one, in part because a good deal of mystery remains about the origins of the poem that named them, "A Visit from Saint Nicholas." We'll do our best here to trace the history of how the poem — and the names of two reindeer — changed over time. "A Visit from Saint Nicholas" made its first print appearance in New York's Troy Sentinel newspaper on 23 December 1823. The poem had been submitted anonymously, and over the next thirteen years it was reprinted without attribution in various newspapers, magazines, and almanacs. Eventually word spread that the poem had been penned by Clement Clarke Moore, a Bible professor at New York's General Theological Seminary; an 1836 reprint of "A Visit from Saint Nicholas" finally credited Moore, and the notion of Moore as the true author of "A Visit from Saint Nicholas" was cemented when he included it in a volume of his own poetry published in 1844.

However, rumors have long persisted that "A Visit from Saint Nicholas" was written not by Moore, but by a different New Yorker of Dutch descent named Henry Livingston — a claim which regained prominence at the end of 2000 when scholar and textual analyst Donald W. Foster published a defense of Livingston as the true author. Whether Moore or Livingston wrote "A Visit from Saint Nicholas," one of them melded elements of Scandinavian mythology with the emerging Dutch-American version of Santa Claus as a jolly, pipe-smoking fellow and produced a vision of a sleigh pulled by eight flying reindeer. He assigned names to all the reindeer, and he took two of them from a common Dutch exclamation of the time, "Dunder and Blixem!" (the Dutch words for "thunder" and "lightning," as rendered in English orthography). These are the names that appeared in the original 1823 publication of "A Visit from Saint Nicholas": "Now! Dasher, now! Dancer, now! Prancer, and Vixen, On! Comet, on! Cupid, on!

Dunder and Blixem; In 1837, publisher Charles Fenno Hoffman printed a version of "A Visit from Saint Nicholas" that included several alterations from earlier versions, including the changing of 'Blixem' to 'Blixen' (to make it rhyme with 'Vixen') and 'Dunder' to 'Donder' (perhaps to bring the spelling more in line with English pronunciation). When Clement Clarke Moore prepared "A Visit from Saint Nicholas" for publication in his own 1844 book of verse, he rechristened one of the reindeer 'Blitzen' and retained (or coincidentally reiterated) Hoffman's change of 'Dunder' to 'Donder.' Moore's 1844 version of the poem is the one that became the standard and established 'Donder' and 'Blitzen' as the names of two of Santa' reindeer in the memories of generations of children.

Literary sleuths (such as Donald Foster) who believe Moore is not the true author of a "A Visit from Saint Nicholas" have theorized that the original reindeer names of 'Dunder' and 'Blixem' sounded odd to Moore because he knew German but not Dutch, and he therefore changed them to 'Donder' and 'Blitzen' (or failed to notice when someone else changed them). This makes sense in the latter case (as 'blitzen' is the German word for 'lightning'), but the explanation is oddly inconsistent in the former case — 'donner' is the German word for 'thunder,' so if Moore were familiar with German, why would he have retained the spelling of Blitzen's partner's name as 'Dunder' or 'Donder' rather than altering it to the more appropriate 'Donner'? How and when 'Donder' made the transition to 'Donner' remains a mystery. In 1949 Johnny Marks turned the popular story of Rudolph, a misfit red-nosed reindeer (created by his brother-in-law, Robert L.

May, for a 1939 Montgomery Ward promotional giveaway booklet) into a song, and Gene Autry's recording of the tune became a smash hit that Christmas season. Although Marks certainly helped popularize the 'Donner' usage by including it in the "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" lyrics, he was far from the first to refer to one of Santa's reindeer by that name. We found seven different mentions of 'Donner' in the pages of The New York Times prior to the 1949 Christmas season, the earliest occurring in that newspaper's 1906 publication of Moore's poem. In fact, a 1926 New York Times article on the origins of Santa Claus stated that "two of the original reindeer were originally given Dutch names, 'Donder and Blixen' (Blicksem), meaning thunder and lightning" and "it is only modern publishers who have rechristened them with the German 'Donner and Blitzen.'" But that's as far as the trail leads us.

We know 'Blixem' was changed to 'Blixen' and then 'Blitzen' between 1837 and 1844, and we can make some reasonable guesses about why those changes were made, but we're still mostly in the dark about why 'Dunder' became 'Donder,' and the details of when and why 'Donder' finally became 'Donner' remain elusive. We can say for sure, though, that the names of two of Santa's reindeer, as originally published about 170 years ago, were 'Dunder' and 'Blixem,' not 'Donner' and 'Blitzen.' Last updated: 30 July 2007 Donner, Donder or Dunder? - Santa's Reindeer Names Explained Donner, Donder or Dunder? Solving the mystery of Santa's seventh reindeer Donner or Donder? Or Dunder?. Peter Dazeley/The Image Bank/Getty Images By David Emery Updated January 17, 2016.

It probably doesn't rise to the level of an actual "controversy," as some people would have it, but there is some confusion as to the proper identification of Santa's seventh reindeer. Is his ( or her ) name Donner, Donder, or Dunder? It will likely be remembered as "Donner" by anyone who grew up listening to the 1949 Christmas song by Johnny Marks, " Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer ": You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen, Comet and Cupid and Donner and Blitzen... But it's "Donder" in all but a few 19th- and 20th-century reprints of " A Visit from St. Nicholas ," the classic Christmas poem by Clement Clarke Moore in which Santa's "eight tiny reindeer" were originally named: "Now, Dasher! now, Dancer! now, Prancer and Vixen! On, Comet! on, Cupid! on, Donder and Blitzen!" And, while the obvious recourse would seem to be to bow to the preference of the original author, Mr. Moore was apparently none too sure of it himself.

In the earliest known printing of "A Visit from St. continue reading below our video Best Vacation Reads of 2015 Nicholas" in the Dec. 23, 1823 Troy Sentinel (a small-town newspaper in upstate New York), the given names of Santa's seventh and eighth reindeer were, in fact, "Dunder and Blixem": "Now! Dasher, now! Dancer, now! Prancer, and Vixen, On! Comet, on! Cupid, on! Dunder and Blixem;" The Dutch-American influence They don't rhyme as prettily as "Donder and Blitzen," but the names "Dunder and Blixem" do make sense in the context of the poem's cultural influences. Moore's depiction of Christmas and Santa Claus owes much to the traditions of the New York Dutch — traditions Moore probably had some personal acquaintance with, as well as having encountered them in the works of contemporary authors such as Washington Irving (Knickerbocker's History of New York, 1809).

"Dunder and blixem!" — literally, "Thunder and lightning!" — was a popular expletive among the Dutch-American inhabitants of late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century New York. Which leaves us wondering why, when Moore donated a signed, handwritten copy of the poem to the New York Historical Society some 40 years later, the names he wrote down were "Donder and Blitzen": "Now, Dasher! now, Dancer! now, Prancer and Vixen! On, Comet! on, Cupid! on, Donder and Blitzen!" A work in progress We know that the poem appeared in print several times between its introduction in 1823 and the date of Moore's fair copy, 1862, and we know that in each instance the text included minor revisions. We don't know to what extent Moore himself participated in these revisions, if at all, but we do know he incorporated some of them in the version of "A Visit from St. Nicholas" (the version that would become standard) that appeared in his own volume of collected poetry, Poems , in 1844. The most notable of the intermediary texts — the first to actually cite Clement C.

Moore as the author — appeared in The New-York Book of Poetry , edited by Moore's friend, Charles Fenno Hoffman, in 1837. Here, in an apparent attempt to fix the rhyme scheme, the names "Dunder and Blixem" are rendered "Donder and Blixen": "Now, Dasher! now, Dancer! now, Prancer! now, Vixen! On! Comet, on! Cupid, on! Donder and Blixen—" Did Moore sign off on this version? We don't really know, though it seems likely he did. In any case, he clearly favored the change from "Dunder" to "Donder," given that he incorporated it in his 1844 book of poems and subsequent fair copies.

The revision is felicitous in two respects: first, "Donder" rhymes internally with repetitions of the word "on" in the couplet, and second, "Donder," being the proper Dutch spelling of the colloquialism "Dunder," retains its original intended meaning, "thunder." (As to why Moore chose "Blitzen" over "Blixen" we can only speculate, but it likely had something to do with the latter being a nonsense word. "Blixen" forms a better rhyme with "Vixen," to be sure, but it's linguistically meaningless. "Blitzen," on the other hand, is a solid German word meaning "flash," "sparkle," and even "lightning.") 'On, Donner!' So, how did we get from the name Clement C. Moore ultimately settled on — "Donder" — to "Donner," the name we're all familiar with from " Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer "? Apparently by way of the New York Times! In a Dec.

23, 1906 reprint of the poem , Times copy editors rendered the name of Santa's seventh reindeer "Donner." Twenty years later, an article by Times reporter Eunice Fuller Barnard endeavored — albeit somewhat inaccurately — to explain why: Indeed, two of the reindeer were originally given Dutch names, "Donder and Blixen" (Bliksem), meaning thunder and lightning. It is only modern publishers who have rechristened them with the German "Donner and Blitzen." She was surely right about the linguistic logic behind the switch to "Donner," which is, in fact, the German word for "thunder." With "Donner and Blitzen" you get a matched pair of German names, instead of one Dutch and one German. Copy editors are sticklers for consistency. What I can't tell you for certain is whether Robert L. May , the Montgomery Ward ad man who created "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," borrowed the revision from the New York Times or came up with it independently.

Whatever the case, it appears in his original 1939 poem on which the song (which was composed by May's brother-in-law, by the way) was based: Come Dasher! Come Dancer! Come Prancer and Vixen! Come Comet! Come Cupid! Come Donner and Blitzen! To return to our original conundrum, is there a correct name for Santa's seventh reindeer? Not really. "Dunder" survives only as an historical footnote, but "Donder" and "Donner" remain enshrined in standard versions of the Clement C. Moore poem and Johnny Marks song on which all of our familiar notions about Santa's reindeer are based. Either they're both correct, or, as some skeptical persons might suggest, neither is correct because Santa Claus and his reindeer are fictional characters that don't really exist. Let's not go there. Sources and further reading: Barnard, Eunice Fuller. "Santa Claus Claimed as a Real New Yorker." New York Times, 19 December 1926.

Santa's Reindeer - Rudolph, Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen in Lapland Home • More Magic • Santa's Reindeer Santa’s Reindeer We all know Rudolph and his red nose but what about the other reindeer that help to pull Santa’s sleigh and all the many more reindeer that you will see in Lapland? Santa's Magical Reindeer Apart from Santa’s magical reindeer there are many thousands more living in the forests and fells of Lapland who have not yet reached the standard for a joining the special magic team. These are reindeer that were originally wild animals that the Lapps started to domesticate about 1,000 years ago. Reindeer calves are born between April and early May and the weight at birth is 5kg. During summer, the Reindeer owners get together to mark the calves. Each owner has his own mark, which is put inside the reindeer’s ear, and there are over 16,000 different marks in Finland. In the autumn, the mating season starts and the dominant male reindeer gathers a large harem.

The total number of reindeer in the wintertime exceeds 200,000 heads and, during the summer, about 150,000 calves are born. Reindeer eat anything that is green including grass and birch tree leaves, as well as cloudberry flowers, berries and mushrooms. In the winter reindeer must find food by digging for lichen under the snow. They also eat moss that grows on trees but in reality most winter nutrition comes from the fat layer on their backs. The Reindeer can run at a speed of 70km per hour but they can not maintain this speed for long. Some compete in reindeer race competitions. What are theIr Names? Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St Nicholas soon would be there. The children were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads. And mamma in her ‘kerchief, and I in my cap, Had just settled our brains for a long winter’s nap. Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash.

The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow Gave the lustre of mid-day to objects below. When, what to my wondering eyes should appear, But a miniature sleigh, and eight tiny reindeer. whistled, and shouted, and called them by name! “Now Dasher! Now Dancer! Now Prancer and Vixen! On, Comet! On, Cupid! On, Donner and Blitzen! To the top of the porch! to the top of the wall! Now dash away! Dash away! Dash away all!” As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly, When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky. So up to the house-top the coursers they flew, With the sleigh full of Toys, and St Nicholas too. And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof The prancing and pawing of each little hoof. As I drew in my head, and was turning around, Down the chimney St Nicholas came with a bound. He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot, And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot.

A bundle of Toys he had flung on his back, And he looked like a peddler, just opening his pack. His eyes-how they twinkled! his dimples how merry! His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry! His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow, And the beard of his chin was as white as the snow. The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth, And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath. He had a broad face and a little round belly, That shook when he laughed, like a bowlful of jelly! He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf, And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself! A wink of his eye and a twist of his head, Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread. He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work, And filled all the stockings, then turned with a jerk. And laying his finger aside of his nose, And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose! He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle, And away they all flew like the down of a thistle.

But I heard him exclaim, ‘ere he drove out of sight, “Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good-night!” Santa Claus' Reindeer Names: Who is Donder? hii santa i hope i get a phone for christmas but i was a littel naghuti holly anne zednik said to Santa Claus: says: dasher prancer coment vixen qupid dancer doner blixen rudogh olivia said to Santa Claus: says: Santa who is Oliver hes never a raindeer on the movie olivia said to Santa Claus: says: Santa i can scare people by saying mistle toe… malachi said to Santa Claus: says: yes i have a nick name it is bubby tode ps you are the best george said to Santa Claus: says: youre web site is so cool i will spread the word im telling people to come on the website maxine said to Santa Claus: says: November 19, 2009 at 4:51 pm Cool!

I never new Donner’s real name is Donder that is the coolest like in the whole world but I still think you should’ve kept his name to Donder it is still a really cool name you now Santa Clause!!!!!!!!!!!!! ellen said to Santa Claus: says: i have been good all week Macy said to Santa Claus: says: i het called the mace because i act crazy Amelia said to Santa Claus: says: My sister calls me Katie lad My uncle calls me meals My dad calls me lamb My mummy calls me my real name Amelia or chicken. I am alright with my dad and my sister and mummys nickname for me but not my uncles nickname for me! But i do not mind Santa giving me a nicname Love you lots ! my friends call me amazon and tree because im so tall for my age they also call me chatter because im always talkinf faith said to Santa Claus: says: at home i get by a weird name. they call me sissy. Morgan said to Santa Claus: says: I am called lots things at home. My mom usualy calls me Leasel after my middle name, and My grandpa calls me Elisabeth.That is a couple of my nicknames.

Chelsea said to Santa Claus: says: July 23, 2009 at 11:27 am Hi i have cheer tonight with my older sister her name is Ashlee but im on 2A and shes on 3A SHE IS REALLY GOOD AND I AM TO I WAS ON 1A but i moved up cuz i was good and i love u santa i really no u r true Ashlee said to Santa Claus: says: HEY SANTA I NO ITS SUMMER AND U MIGHT BE OUT GOING BUT I NEED TO TALK TO U’ tyrus said to Santa Claus: says: tyro tyrone tybrat tyboo teeny tiny tyrus tyrus the virus tyrus cyrus tyco tyler. they call me sweetcheerio p.s i live in florida not england. FRANCHE said to Santa Claus: says: i think that bliten will guid FRANCHE said to Santa Claus: says: i love rodolf but some other reandeers are mean to rodolf but i still like them Millie said to Santa Claus: says: Mummy and daddy call me moopet sometimes. Mostly It’s moop though.

Rebecca and Socratees have nicknames too ( note: they are cats). Sockratees has Chocolate Button, and Rebecca has Bexy or Bex. taylor baxter said to Santa Claus: says: donor to annd rudolph and blitzen comet cuped dashon prancor and cuped and vixen we must for get rudolph to Julianne said to Santa Claus: says: December 8, 2008 at 1:22 pm cool! well then then if it’s Donner (or Donder) and it id hid baby reindeer name him Donder. I bet when they changed the poem name he got so confused saying “what should my name be” They are all such cute reindeer. And last year on Christmas eve i woke up in the middle of the night and I heard reindeer! I WAS going to get out of bed but I didn’t want to scare you and leave so i didn’t. Carrie said to Santa Claus: says: I unfortunately get called Boo Boo.

there’s a story behind it… : ( i get called carriebear at school Bryce said to Santa Claus: says: donder is a great name!love it Makenna said to Santa Claus: says: At home I get called Kenna(by my 3 year old sister)and by my friends I get called Kenny. Muireann said to Santa Claus: says: I call my sister Babs even though her name is Neasa! alexandra said to Santa Claus: says: my family calls me alex or al for short!!!!!!!!! Mira said to Santa Claus: says: alot of people call me mimi chloe dunstan said to Santa Claus: says: she is most pritteyest reindeer angus said to Santa Claus: says: i get called angi by my friends Ashlee said to Santa Claus: says: I sometimes get calles A*MAG because of my middle name. Its supposed to sound like megan but its spelt magan. lauren said to Santa Claus: says: all your reindeer is cool,cute,speaical,nice,pretty and hansom. Brian said to Santa Claus: says: I like being called by my real name.

daniel said to Santa Claus: says: your site is the best Brooke said to Santa Claus: says: November 28, 2008 at 1:55 pm i’m called “G” “gracie” “Nikkie” “sugar Baby” “baby” “Princess” “pumpkin” and my favorite “elf” because since my family is really tall and i’m tall but i’m the sortest tall person in my family (on my dad’s side not my moms) Anne said to Santa Claus: says: hey santa I really want to know your age and Mrs Claus to!Is it over 100 years old Wall I dont know so tell me!!! Jessica said to Santa Claus: says: Hi santa you are awesome!

kaila said to Santa Claus: says: My family calls me Dirly Your site is awesome lol sierra said to Santa Claus: says: November 26, 2008 at 12:17 pm Dear Santa i need some vice 2 pepel on bus are mean to mean and i don’t know what to do p.s i don’t know the name of your other raindear p.p.s if you want to talk again just email at {email address deleted by Santa! Read Santa’s Internet Safety Tip below!} ============= Reply From Santa: Sierra, I am so glad you told me some people are being mean to you. You do not deserve to be bullied. I want you to tell an adult about this right away, just like you told me! Find an adult you trust, like a teacher or a Mom or Dad. Tell them what is happening to you. You can even show them what you wrote here if it is easier. Sometimes bullies stop as soon as a teacher finds out. They are afraid they will get in trouble. Did you read about “hapy” here ? She was being bullied just like you. She called some people who can help you . She got the bully trouble to stop.

I know you can make the bullying stop too. Santa santa my parents calls all sorts of different names Vienna said to Santa Claus: says: How many Reindeer guide the sleigh? How many reindeers have you got all together? I’d like to know. Christina said to Santa Claus: says: November 26, 2008 at 7:17 am None of my friends call me names, but my calls me a lot of names, Caboose ,( because i’m the last one born) Sweetie, Silly Goose, Angel, Sweet Heart, Starlet,(because, my aunt owns a dance studio and a group there is called starlet and I LOVE 2 DANCE!) Lady Bug, and of corse CHRISTINA! p.s. she also calls me Xtina.

skyler said to Santa Claus: says: my dad calls me marie,my cousin calls me micky because my last name and my grandma calls me sweetie marie i like marie the best megan said to Santa Claus: says: every 1 calls me meg and dodles and puden and pet Eliza said to Santa Claus: says: all of my friends and family call me wizey danielle said to Santa Claus: says: November 20, 2008 at 8:40 am hi im going to give you a mince pie and milk also 4 carrots for the riendeers and also my little sister madison will be exsited to hear about you when shes older because she is only 1 and a half years old alyssa said to Santa Claus: says: i want rudolph to glide your sleig alyssa said to Santa Claus: says: do you like the name doner any way doner is a riendeer every one know that!!!!!1 alyssa said to Santa Claus: says: hey santa i think doner is a great name and that is what really counts rite?

Jake said to Santa Claus: says: November 16, 2008 at 2:00 pm Surely… Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen and Comet and Cupid and Donner and Blitzen… but do you recall… the most famous reindeer of all? Rudolph the red nosed Reindeer… terrri said to Santa Claus: says: donder is the 7 reindeer michayla said to Santa Claus: says: it is ok to for dog and a cat Brenna said to Santa Claus: says: My nick names are funny I have a lot Mason said to Santa Claus: says: Your site is cool.You should create another one called”email the reindeer. Riley said to Santa Claus: says: Hi Santa Claus, i really love the site!! its so cool. thanks for all the gifts!! i hope i get some this christmas to!!! Chloe said to Santa Claus: says: The other names my mummy and daddy call me are ‘sweetheart’, ‘little princess’ or Chlo! I love all of the reindeer names but love Rudolph the best.

ronan said to Santa Claus: says: why dont you ever talk about olive Becca said to Santa Claus: says: can you ask MRS. claus all the elves and all the reindeers [including the ones in training] to sign a sheet for me or if a reindeer make a paw print can you also sign it PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Becca said to Santa Claus: says: in the begining of Rouldof the red nose raindeer why do they leave out olive? megan said to Santa Claus: says: megna because when i was a little girl i thought my name was megna so know my nana calls me megna all they change is n and the a so it is megna not megan. courtney said to Santa Claus: says: November 11, 2008 at 4:12 am how come donners name was donder and then he changed it to donner i even have trouble saying donder i alwys end up saying doder and also can you please say hi to mrs. clause the elves and all the reindeers for me and when you stop by at my house can you please give me mrs.

clause’s recipe to her choc chip cookies THANKYOU FROM COURTNEY PAWSON My parents call be kelly belly. caoibhne said to Santa Claus: says: i love your website it ROCK`SI NEARLY GO ON IT EVERYNIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! marnie said to Santa Claus: says: a elf or a radeer or maybe a magic thing Shannon said to Santa Claus: says: My dad (AKA Goofball!) calls me Shannon bannon wich is VERY embarrising the reason he does it! SANTA RULES!!! ho ho ho! Ellie said to Santa Claus: says: yes they call me ellz belz,ell,elmo,muceles meggillacaty and elly belly!!!!but i like it!!!!!!!!! bye………Ellie xxoo Gabriela said to Santa Claus: says: I do know that Miley Cyrus changed her name. At first her name was Hope, then she changed it to Miley. Ciara said to Santa Claus: says: How many reindeer are at the north pole Katherine said to Santa Claus: says: Donder I think does not suit Donner. He should change his name to Deday!

Emily said to Santa Claus: says: all of my family call me lunny loo. Because my last name is lunn. Tran Hoang said to Santa Claus: says: November 8, 2008 at 9:46 pm I love santa claus rein deer !!! I think one of his rein deer name is comet because in some of the games and movie about christmas there are a rein deer called comet.Now I think lots of rein deer change name because the name are too umfamiliar for the people in the future. Merry christmas doner is a randier he is veary cut and looks cudley im marissa my dad wants to walk today Aimee said to Santa Claus: says: I tend to be called Aim. Joshua Paul Santos said to Santa Claus: says: I Love Your Blog Santa !!! It Rocks !!!

steph said to Santa Claus: says: my mother always calls me after my sister lochlan said to Santa Claus: says: November 7, 2008 at 12:40 am i love all of your raindeer including the ones i don’t know can you send me some pictures of the raindeer (and can you put their names on them and send them to [email address deleted by Santa — it is not safe to put your email address where strangers can see it!] Lauren Burke Hughes said to Santa Claus: says: Sometimes Mama calls me Sweetie. Sometimes Daddy calls me Burke. Sometimes my Mama and Daddy call me motormouth because I like to talk alot because it makes my mouth feel good. Zachary Hughes said to Santa Claus: says: My family also calls me Zack! My Mama calls me Zack Attack sometimes. I act just like my Daddy! Braxton Hughes said to Santa Claus: says: My family also calls me “B” for short. Sometimes my Mama calls me Bumble Bee. Sometimes my Daddy calls me Stud Horse. constables said to Santa Claus: says: we love voting on who will guide your sleigh. Thank you for the fun site.

Brookiey said to Santa Claus: says: oh really? that is really cool! lol sooooo…hi! im 13 btw and i dont think this site is babyish at all! and i wouldnt care if it was! ***naomi*** brian said to Santa Claus: says: Name all 10 Reindeer Ramblings of an Emergency Physician in Texas Ramblings of an Emergency Physician in Texas You are here: Home / Family / Name all 10 Reindeer Name all 10 Reindeer December 25, 2004 by GruntDoc OK, here’s a Christmas Challenge: name all 10 of Santa’s Reindeer. The answer is in the extended entry. Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner and Blitzen (that’s 8) Rudolph (9) and, Olive the Reindeer. Don’t remember Olive? Of course you do, sing the song:”…Olive, the other reindeer, used to laugh and call him names, they never let poor Rudolph join in any Reindeer games.” Hahaha. Made me laugh!

Question: Who is missing from this list - 'Dancer', 'Dasher', 'Donner' ,Blitzen', 'Vixen', 'Prancer' and 'Comet'?
Answer: 'CUPID'